Mosquito Fire Burn Area on the Tahoe National Forest

trees blackened by wildfire stand like toothpicks on a dirt ridge

Photo By/Credit

Ian Vogel/USFWS

Date Shot/Created

07/18/2023

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

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In September 2022, the Mosquito Fire burned more than 76,000 acres near Foresthill, California. The fire burned through part of the Tahoe National Forest and the Big Gun Conservation Bank, which was home to one of the largest populations of California red-legged frogs in the Sierra Nevada.

Facility

Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office

Species

Rana draytonii

Subject tags

Amphibians

Fires

Habitat conservation

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